I. ˈtripəl verb
( tripled ; tripled ; tripling -p(ə)liŋ ; triples )
Etymology: Middle English triplen, from Late Latin triplare, from Latin triplus triple
transitive verb
1. : to make three times as great or as much or as many : make threefold : multiply by three : treble
triple the possible 3 percent to 9 — Gabriel Kolko
recreation facilities for children were tripled — Current Biography
2.
a. : to advance (a base runner in baseball) by a three-base hit
b. : to bring about the scoring of (a run in baseball) by a three-base hit
intransitive verb
1. : to become three times as great : grow to three times the former number, size, or amount : increase threefold : treble
the population has almost tripled since 1930 — American Guide Series: Michigan
2. : to make a three-base hit in baseball
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus
1.
a. : a triple sum, quantity, or number : a threefold amount : the product of a number multiplied by three
add more than triple to his income — H.C.W.Angelo
increased to triple its original size
b. : a combination of three usually of related character and united : a group, set, or series of three
2. triples plural but singular or plural in construction : a system for ringing changes on seven bells consisting of three pairs plus tenor
3. : triplet 2
4. : three-base hit
5. : triple valve
6. : turkey 6
III. adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin triplus, from tri- + -plus (as in duplus double) — more at double
1. : being three times as much or as great or as many : multiplied by three : of three times the amount or quantity : threefold
2. : consisting of three usually combined members, things, or sets : having three parts joined together
overcrowding produced triple sessions in some schools
3. : having a threefold relation or character : having three applications : combining three often dissimilar things or qualities : existing or occurring in three ways
worked as a double or even triple agent — Time
4. : taken by threes or in groups of three
5. : three times repeated : treble
6. : having three beats per measure
triple time
triple rhythm
7.
a. of meter : having units of three components (as syllables)
triple feet
b. of rhyme : involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate )
IV.
variant of tripple
V. noun
: trifecta herein